THAPCA-OH

2015 Cardiac Arrest
? ICUs
260 patients

OOHCA (paeds): hypo (33 for 48h) vs normothermia, total 120hr intervention

Clinical Question

Therapeutic hypothermia in children who have return of spontaneous circulation after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not improve survival with good function at 1 year compared with therapeutic normothermia

Critical Appraisal

Key findings

No diff mortality or neuro function at 12m

Population
Cardiac Arrest
Population Details
Paediatric
Intervention Arms

33.0ºC for 48 hours

Control Arms

Normothermia

Primary Outcome
Survival with good neurology
Secondary Outcomes
Not recorded
P Value
0.14

Outcome Results

Not recorded